escourgée, n.f., scourge; lash; lashing.
escourgeon (-jon), n.m., winter-barley.
escousse, n.f., (l.u.) spring, run, start. Prendre son —; to take one’s spring.
escrime, n.f., fencing. Salle d’—; fencing-school. Être hors d’—; to be put off one’s guard; to be at one’s wits’ end.
escrimer, v.n., to fence; to spar; to have a trial of skill.
s’escrimer, v.r., to strive; to try; to dabble in; to have some knowledge of. Il s’escrime toujours, mais rien n’y fait; he keeps on pegging away, but nothing comes of it.
escrimeur, n.m., fencer.
escroc (ès-krô), n.m., sharper, swindler, blackleg.
escroquer, v.a., to swindle, to cheat.